Bed-spring



(No Model.)

G. SLACK.

- BED SPRING.

No. 290,126 Pate ywd Dec. 11,1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

CHESTER SLACK, OF WAYNESVILLE, ILLINOIS.

BED-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 290,126, dated December11, 1883.

' Application filed June 23, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHESTER SLACK, acitizen of the United States,residing at Waynesville, in the county of De Witt and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Springs, ofwhich the following is aspecification, reference-being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

Myinvention relates to bed-springs; and it consists in the parts whichwill be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a partial plan view ofthe bed provided with my improvements. Fig. 2is a section on the line a:mof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the spring-connectinghooks. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the two hooks whichengage each other, and

parts of the tongues G at the points where said parts diverge to formthe top layers of the twin springs F F. Another of the hooks, H, is emplyed to unite the outer sides of the springs hat is to say, it is used tounite the sides of two separate sets of twin springs.

The hook H is also employed at the foot of the bed to unite the springsto the staples K in the foot-board. By this arrangement the lower row ofsprings are secured to the footboard, and said springs are in turnsecured to the row of springs immediately in advance, or to the nextrow, by means of their tongues and the hooks H.

I is'a device having hook-arms I I and loopend I This device, unitedwith one of the arms of a hook, H, presents four arms, whereby the sidesof four of the springs are engaged and held in uniform relation.

L are hooks in the head-board which enlgage and secure the tongues onthe upper row of springs. It will thus be observed that the springs arefirmly secured lengthwise and side- 'wise; or, in other words, thesprings and their connectingmeans present a substantial wire net-workfrom the head to the foot of the bed. The tongues and the triangularhooks unite to maintain the springs in theirproper relative positionsand secure a uniform tension of the parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a supporting-frame, of a series of double springs,F F, having the connectingtongue G, one row being attached to one sideof the supporting-frame, hooks H I connecting the succeeding rows, asdescribed, to eachother and to the opposite side of the frame, as andfor the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHESTER SLACK. Witnesses:

WLP. GAMBREL, J. F. DIX.

